Cuff fastener and supporter



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A. B. CASE.

Cuff Fastener and Supporter. No. 234,533. Patented Nov. 16, I880.

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ADELBERT B. CASE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF FASTENER AND SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,533, dated November 16, 1880,

Application filed September 3, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADELBERT B. CASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ouff Fasteners and Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention. relates to devices for fastening the cuff to the shirt-sleeve otherwise than by buttoning it directly to it; and the object thereof is to provide such a cuff fastener and support as will enable the wearer to adjust the cuff to any convenient height above the hand without removing it from its fastening.

I attain the above-named object by the construction and devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cuff fastener and support. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the central part of the support and of the fastener. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the parts shown in big. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my cuff-fastener removed flOll'l the support; and Fig. 5 is an edge view of the cuff fastener and support, showing sections of a cuff secured thereto and all secured to a part of a sleeve.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents a portion of a sleeve to a garment. b is a strap of tape, elastic webbing, or other suitable material having a buttonhole, .9, in one end, as shown, and an ordinary springclip secured to the other end. D is the cuff-fastener, consisting of the button-wing 2 and of the shell 3. 4 is a spring-lip on shell 3. B represents a button on the wristband 5 6 are sections of a cuff, and h is a calf-button.

My cuff fastener and support may consist of the fastener D and the strap 1), the latter being made of any suitable fabric, which can be permanently secured by its upper end to the shirt-sleeve, and by its lower end be buttoned to the wristband, thus serving as a permanent strap upon which the fastener may be placed for use, and removed when the garment is washed. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the strap b is provided with a spring-clip, by which it may be temporarily fastened to the (No model.)

sleeve, if desired, and said strap may consist of a piece of elastic webbing, and, in addition to its functions in connection with the fastener D, serve as a sleeve-support.

The fastener D consists of the shell 3, made ofsuitable metal, having side posts, perforated as shown, and a spring-lip, 4, formed in its bottom side, and of the button-wing 2, pivoted, as shown, in the side posts of shell 3, and provided with a button, S,and a pressure-1i p,9.

My improved fastener and support are used and operate as follows: By turning the button-wing 2 to the position shown in Fig. 4 a free passage between it and the shell 3 is provided for the insertion therethrough of the lower end of the strap I), when the cuff-fastener may be moved to any desirable position on said strap, and there fastened by swinging the button-wing 2 over to the position shown in Fig. 1. By so turning the button-wing its lip 9 swings against the surface of strap Z), and just as it swings by its pivotal center it presses harder against said strap, because the latter is there raised up by the end of the spring-lip 4, which is inclined upwardly, so as to effect said fastening by the joint operation of the lip 9 and itself, as described. The lower end of strap 1) may have been fastened (by buttoning) to the sleeve either before or after securing the cuff-fastener to the strap, and the upper end of the latter be either permanently or temporarily secured to .the sleeve by its upper end, as above mentioned.

The button 8 on the wing 2 of the fastener provides a convenient means for fastening the cuff 5 6 thereto, as said button is passed through the two upper button-holes of the cuff, and then, the wing 2 being swung over to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the cuff becomes firmly fastened thereto and in a certain position on strap 1).

It will be seen that when the button-wing having the cuff on it, as just described, is swung over to fasten all to the strap the springlip 41: operates to compress the strap between it and lip 9, and the cuff between button 8 and the upper face of strap 1), the latter being supported by the shell 3.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the cuff may be moved up or down, and be fastened at any desired height (within the limits of the length of strap 1)) to suit the wing 2, pivoted to shell 3 and provided with convenience of the wearer. the pressure-lip 9 and button 8, substantially What I claim as my invention isas and for the purpose set forth. In combination with the strap b, adapted ADELBERT B. CASE. 5 to be secured to the sleeve of agarment, the \Vitnesses:

outf-fastener D, consisting of the shell 3, pro- H. A. OHAPIN, vided with the spring-lip 4, and of the button- J. D. GARFIELD. 

